Protesters should have true trust in the Lord

Thursday

Oct 31, 2013 at 12:01 AMOct 31, 2013 at 7:59 PM

It’s funny how people will bend scripture to make it say what they want to hear. During the Moral Monday protest in Burlington, the Rev Curtis E Gatewood read from Jeremiah 17: 7-8 “But the blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream.”

I read that scripture as saying you need to trust in the Lord and have confidence that the Lord will fill your needs whatever they may be. If you are a tree then the “water” is like the people standing around you. If you believe in the Lord and stand strong like a planted tree with your faith and prayers, then that confidence will supply roots for the people around you.

I don’t think the Lord meant for us to “say” we trust Him then go out and sow negativity putting on a show of shouting and ranting.

That is not having confidence in trusting the Lord to do what is in His will, but seems to me it is more like you having your way for 20 years and now you are not getting your way and you are throwing a little tantrum. In my opinion, it’s time to go home and trust in the Lord. Just sayin.

BETTY O’HAVER Whitsett

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